“I’m between the top 5 and top 10, good enough for my goals”

Spanish Marquez starts eighth He was on the grid at Buriram this Sunday after suffering a whiplash in the final corner while chasing Bastianini’s wheel and would have given him at least time to finish fourth. He said he thought he had made the “perfect strategy”, but was quick to “do 30.8 on the used tires on the first start, then on the new one, I came out and found some Ducati riders When they do, they have bikes and don’t need slipstreams.

“We started playing and in the end we found a good lap. We were going well and we were very quick, but in the last corner we made a mistake like in FP3. More or less the same. What happened? “I know and I’m going to go, ‘I can’t work it out for tomorrow, but I couldn’t do it for qualifying,'” lamented Marquez.

“I’m happy because I know what happened in FP3 and Q2. In Q1 that change was made so it didn’t happen to me. If you notice another bike before Q2. I had to change the tires on the 2nd.There was a problem with the bike that I liked and the one that was fine,” explains the Repsol Honda rider. I had the same problem as in FP3, so I’m happy because it’s a lap where I got fourth, third and fifth, which was unthinkable two races ago. ”

Marquez explains: The goal is to collect information and improve, but I already said yesterday: I’m starting to play with the bike, which I already have extra, plus ”.

“It’s kind of like what Quartararo does at Yamaha. He’s pushing his limits to be with Ducati.In my good days it was with Honda.That’s what a winning rider has to do.” I’m not at that point yet, but my goal is always to keep evolving to make the most of what I have, but it’s still hard to understand. It is a difficult and important bike and we are doing these races to improve for next year,” explains Marquez.

His potential is confirmed by the Repsol Honda rider. Good enough for my goal of increasing mileage. ”

“The race in Japan went very well for me and as I said tomorrow, if it’s dry it will be very good for physique and if it’s wet it will open up everything. But if it’s dry I’ll try to fight. Let’s start a solid career without doing any big crazy things,” he insists.

“Honda is working and they know something is coming. The concept doesn’t mean going into details to improve at some point, it’s more than just a concept you have to understand because Australia. They still have time to evolve for Valencia, even if they test it on the , we haven’t touched on much this weekend, motorcycles and eventually more constant and evolving, but they work and there will definitely be new ones coming,” said Marc Márquez. I will explain the future evolution of Repsol Honda.

Marquez recalled his eighth world title win over Quartararo on the same stage in 2019, saying: “Fabio was a ‘rookie’. It was his moment as a rookie and he always led the race. But he pulled and I was pulling and I had no idea how to manage the last lap.”

“Now I think he can manage it, but he’s not there to manage it. He’s there to pull and pull and finish later. The downside is that Ducati It’s a lot to pass, but Fabio is now world champion, here he risked 2019 but he was a rookie, yes he’s been way ahead all season and He was very fast, but now he is the world champion and that says it all,” emphasizes Marc Márquez.